The study of the role parents play in the reading development of their children requires a methodology that is unobtrusive, humane, objective, and natural. Ethnography, with its corresponding technique of participant observation, offers these characteristics. The distinctive features of an ethnographic research design include: formulation of the…

Intended for parents and teachers of gifted and talented children, the book discusses identification criteria and educational strategies for developing their potential. Case studies of gifted and talented children are cited and a checklist of common characteristics is provided. Suggestions are given for fostering creativity in the home; and…

Some difficulties children have with mathematics are related to reading problems and not to mathematics itself. The ability to read mathematics is related to reading but is a specialty within that ability and can be taught by the teacher and by parents. Both specialized vocabulary and sentence structure must be learned by the student. For the…

Part of a 10 booklet series on talented and gifted education, the booklet discusses the parenting of gifted and talented children. Some myths and realities about giftedness are examined, along with differences and similarities between gifted and other children. The nurturance and broadening of children who are gifted intellectually, in the visual…

Intended for parents, the booklet (part of a 10 booklet series on talented and gifted education) discusses how parents can counsel their gifted or talented child. Some tips for effective counseling are presented, focusing on such things as observation, listening, accepting, and making suggestions. The question of when a parent should counsel his…

PROJECT ABLE, IN ITS EFFORT TO AID DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, WORKED WITH INTERMEDIATE GRADE CHILDREN OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND. THE PERSONNEL INVOLVED WERE CLASSROOM TEACHERS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND READING TEACHERS. THE CHILDREN WERE HELPED THROUGH SUCH WAYS AS COUNSELING, REMEDIAL READING, ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, FIELD…

The author discusses the question of whether problems during infancy associated with organic impairment are substantially different from those related to social-emotional deprivation. Five factors which have a significant impact for both organically impaired and environmentally deprivated infants are addressed: prenatal intensive care, very early…

The paper describes Youthdale School, a psychiatric day treatment facility in Ontario, designed to assist the continued functioning or reintegration of disturbed students (8 to 18 years old) in the community. The program operates on the premise that primary responsibility for the students' education is the parents' rather than a governmental…

The adjacent utterances of three mothers and their children, aged 22.5 to 26.5 months, were recorded and analyzed. Each mother was found most frequently to express the same semantic-syntactic relation as did her child in the preceding utterance. This correspondence appeared to be independent of the parent utterance which preceded the matching…

This paper discusses the stresses our society places on parents, the influence of fathers on their children's development, how parents can actively influence development, individual differences in temperament among children, and environmental as well as ecological factors that affect the development of children. Concluding remarks focus on the…

This study explores the attribution patterns of undergraduate students for females and males who performed parenting tasks traditionally defined as feminine. A total of 136 men and 136 women were randomly assigned to one of eight conditions and were presented with stories of parent-child interactions which varied in terms of the success or failure…

This booklet is addressed to parents. The topics discussed are (1) the importance of reading, (2) the nature of reading, (3) reading in today's school, (4) preparing your child for reading, and (5) helping your child grow in reading. The general objectives are to inform the parent of the nature of reading and reading programs, to clarify the…

Identification of retardation or other handicaps at birth occurs when parents are most vulnerable. Such a situation is complicated and hazardous; and parents react with shock, disbelief, intense grief, guilt, and anger. Furthermore, siblings do not escape the trauma, and are frequently bitterly resentful of the family's situation, guilty at their…

Intended for all parents, presented is the Developmentally Delayed Infant Education Project's (Ohio) manual on parent involvement. Topics covered include reasons for parent involvement (skills learned by parents in the program can improve children's academic attainment); definition of parent involvement (parents working with staff to provide…

A booklet intended for parents and other individuals in contact with the blind or visually impaired infant provides suggestions for aiding in the child's growth and development. Presented from the viewpoint of the visually impaired child, the author emphasizes sharpening of the intact senses through such activities as talking to, carrying, and…